Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City: Preview and Predictions

It is a 6-pointer for Europa League qualification spot when Shamrock Rovers and Derry City lock horns on Friday evening.

The gap between the teams are reduced to 5 points with the fourth placed Shamrock Rovers falling to a 1-2 narrow loss to Bohemians. Meantime, Derry picked their third win on the bounce by smashing Limerick 3-0.

However, both teams are coming on the back of some good results. Rovers won four, drew 1 and lost twice in their seven. They were unbeaten in 8 games at home before the defeat to Bohemians last week, which included 6 wins and a draw.

Derry haven’t won in 8 away games before defeating Bohemians and Finn Harps in back-to-back matches. Their solid defense come to fore once again as they kept clean sheets in those two matches.

Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City: Head-to-head

Derry beat Shamrock Rovers in their two meetings this season, 3-1 at home and 1-0 in the away trip.

On top of that, Derry are unbeaten in the last six matches against the Rovers with 5 wins and 1 draw.

Shamrock lost their last two home matches against Derry by the same 1-0 score-line. They were unbeaten in the previous 5 with 3 wins and 2 draws.

Shamrock Rovers vs Derry City: Predictions

This is expected to be a cagey affair with both managers keep to avoid a defeat to keep themselves in the contention for Europa League qualification spots. We are most likely to see a low turnaround of goals and don’t be surprised if the match ends in a goal-less draw.